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| Criteria: Criteria do not follow from a definition but must be developed. The criteria for the application of a concept to an object are more concerned with language practice in a community. E.g. the definition of truth does not provide a criterion for which sentences are true._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Dieter Birnbacher on Criteria - Dictionary of Arguments
Metzinger II 719 "Thinking stones"/Birnbacher: for them we have no criterion. >Consciousness, >Thinking, >Brain. Metzinger II 720 Def Criterion/Wittgenstein: "good reasons" to support a hypothesis. Separated from "symptoms". >Symptoms. Birnbacher: Criteria are not strictly logically linked to the term whose fullfilment they indicate, but in the weaker sense of the language game community. >Language game, >Language community. According to Wittgenstein, criteria are not necessary conditions for existence, but they are necessary conditions for attributability. >Attribution. For example, conduct is not a necessary condition of the occurrence of certain internal states, but nevertheless a necessary condition of the attributability of such states. >Behavior, cf. >Supervenience, >Sufficiency. Metzinger II 720 Def Symptom/Wittgenstein: empirical correlate to the criteria._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Birn I D. Birnbacher Analytische Einführung in die Ethik Berlin 2013 Metz I Th. Metzinger (Hrsg.) Bewusstsein Paderborn 1996 |
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